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Brought to you by the vertical mouse gang

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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Justas@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Trackball gang.

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    • pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mx Ergo, best of both worlds

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  • Sinistar@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    trackball gang trackball gang trackball gang

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    • harmsy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Touchpad keyboard gang. Image

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    • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just bought a trackball but it has intolerable sticktion.

      Trackball gang is a lie!

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      • Sinistar@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Have you tried cleaning it? If not that sucks, I have a gameball and it’s smooth as ice.

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      • phobiac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You just have a bad trackball. My Kensington Expert glides smooth.

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  • Dehydrated@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even better, join the trackball gang

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    • Sinistar@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Trackballs are the most cultured choice, although I wish I could buy one that’s huge like the one on that golf game that used to be in arcades.

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    • mipadaitu@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tried so hard, couldn’t do it, used them exclusively for weeks and it just always felt awkward.

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    • federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      2 weeks trackball. never looking back.

      looking for a work trackball now.

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      • Dehydrated@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I requested a track ball at work, turns out, they had like 20 of them in some storage room that no one wanted to use. Shortly after I began using a track ball, others also wanted to try it out. Basically my entire department now uses trackballs at work lol

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    • jkrtn@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Trackball gang, how do you like trackballs for 3D CAD? Are there ones that can interpret three distinct axes of rotation or is everything just using two?

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      • Dehydrated@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I have never done anything related to CAD, so I have no idea.

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  • lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    keyboard, with touchpad fallback when it’s absolutely necessary gang

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    • HopFlop@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mmmm. Maybe but what about scrolling. I bet you cant beat my scrollinh accuracy or speed with a keyboard.

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      • lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        PgUp/PgDown when easily possible to use (the webpage/program isn’t crap etc) is very quick. If that doesn’t work, i can probably still outscroll or at least match you with two thumb scroll on the touchpad.

        What I’m genuinely not sure about is how healthy touchpaddin’ is on the wrist… but i’ve been doing it for about 25 years without major issues so i guess i at last for used to it.

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  • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you suffer from wrist or elbow pain from using a regular mouse you’re best off doing strength exercises and proper stretching for those muscle groups. I find that to be more effective than using one of these virtual mice.

    Just my experience tho everyone is different.

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  • swag_money@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    so i love my mx master and i use the freewheeling scroll wheel all the time. the mx vertical mouse has a standard scroll wheel :p

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  • harry315@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol I got the exact mouse in the post right next to me. it was the cheapest vertical mouse I could find and the scroll wheel makes awful skreeching noises. Works perfectly though and the wrist pain is long gone

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  • Bleach7297@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How far have you sent your vertical mouse flying off the desk?

    I know you’ve done it. Right after you typed that thing and went to click that button.

    Life is hard for vertical mice.

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    • Justas@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have never done that, actually. My wife, on the other hand…

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  • Sendero@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Any suggestions for a good quality vertical? The one the office purchased for me feels cheap and the time-to-sleep is too short(mouse doesn’t wake on motion).

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    • soul@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I use the Logitech MX Vertical. a.co/d/9eDjEZ8

      Took a little getting used to, but the wrist pain is gone and the mouse is reliable.

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    • Justas@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      sandberg.world/…/wireless-vertical-mouse-pro

      I use this one, mostly because it was pretty cheap, is wireless and has a rechargeable battery.

      I would splurge a little more now that I like using a vertical one, but I was afraid of spending a lot just to shelve it for eternity like I did with some other devices…

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  • 0x2d@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    trackball

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  • foofyfoofoo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes! The pictured one is a good one too. But currently using the Logitech MX Vertical.

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  • Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I tried a number of those and couldn’t get used to it. I’d get soreness and cramps after the same amount of time but in different locations mostly around the thumb where the skin stretches when you do pistol hands.

    In the most recent past I’d been using the elecom huge trackball but it’s not without it’s issues either. I don’t actually recommend elecom they have quality control issues and the deft has the most infuriating mouse wheel. Thumb trackball gave me similar soreness to vertical mouse, and index finger trackball the back of my hand where the fingers attach.

    Now I’m using just the steam deck and a Thinkpad laptop lately and those also introduce their own flavour of hand strain after a while.

    Apart from the high cost of the hobby, we have reached an era of peak keyboard greatness, but we don’t seem have many immediately apparent custom mouse options. Not that I would have any idea what wouldn’t hurt me physically. Maybe one of the diy keyboards with a built in trackball.

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  • Pharceface@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I really wish, they would release a gaming oriented vertical mouse. High DPI sensor, good clicker switches, etc. Right now stuck with my Logitech lift that tops out at 4000 dpi and has mushy switches.

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  • Gondolaaaa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a MX Vertical at work and Logi Ergos (both the 570 and a MX Ergo) at home, they are great. Love the battery life of the MX Ergo, I sometimes forget I even have to charge the damn thing. However I did have to change the main buttons in the MX Ergo, the switch were failing and it ended up double clicking

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    • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Shame about the polling rate on the vertical, looks very jagged on 144hz+ monitors

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  • zjaume@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Been uing them for a long time. But it is really hard to find a good one under 40/50€. Normal mouses have a lot of the goodones in 30€.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mice rise up

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  • Lifebandit666@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had a thumb trackball for years, miss it tbh

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  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a stationary mouse that’s kinda like that.

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  • DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or use as a buttplug with the same results.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At that point, why not just use a joystick?

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    • Justas@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I wonder how good IntelliJ’s support for joystick is.

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